Theme: Enter God’s Rest: Time for “R & R”
Release and Renewal/Restoration
WEDNESDAY’S WORD
Daniel: Release from the Lion den (part 4 of 4)
September 25, 2013
Psalm 25:15 NIV ~ My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to
the lions’ den.20 When he came near the den, he called
to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your
God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?” 21 Daniel
answered, “May the king live forever! 22 My God
sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt
me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any
wrong before you, Your Majesty.” 23 The king was
overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was
lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had
trusted in his God. 24 At the king’s command, the
men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’
den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the
floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones. 25 Then
King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all
the earth: “May you prosper greatly!
26 “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people
must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God and
he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never
end. 27 He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and
wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power
of the lions.” 28 So Daniel prospered during the reign
of Darius and the reign of Cyrus[b] the Persian (Daniel 6:19-28)
